Brush-cleaner.



' No. 796,418. PATENTED AUG. 8, 1905.

I. GRUNER.

BRUSH CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25,1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BRUSH-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1905.

Application filed April 25, 1905. Serial No. 257,881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IDA GRUNER, (ne VVAL- TER), a subject of the GermanEmperor, and a resident of Dresden, Germany, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Brush-Cleaners, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates toa device for cleaning brushessuch as hair orclothes brushes either by the dry or wet process, and in order to makethis invention more readily understood I will now describe it withreference to the accompanying sheet of drawings, of which Figure 1represents a plan View; Fig. 2, a side elevation; Fig. 3, alongitudinalvertical section, and Fig. 4 a vertical cross-section.

As shown, the device consists of a rectangular box or casing a, the oneend wall Z) of which is hinged on and can be retained in the closedposition by suitable means for instance, an ordinary hook-and-eyelocking device. The box is lined preferably with corrugated sheet-Zinc;but any other suitable materialforinstance, hard rubbermay be used. Uponthe bottom of the casing there are suitably secured a number of sharplyribbed or corrugated metal plates 0, the height of which approximatelycorresponds to the length of the bristles of the brush. This set ofplates is arranged in the middle part'of the box crosswise to the bottomcorrugations, as clearly shown in the drawings.

For the purpose of cleaning a brush it is pressed down into the box andreciprocated therein, the ribbed plates entering between the rows oftufts and retaining the dirt particles or hairs. In case a liquid isused the corrugated lining will greatly aid in cleaning the bristles.

W'hat I claim is 1. A brush-cleaner, comprising in combination, acasing, a corrugated lining thereto, and a plurality of finely ribbed orcorrugated plates, arranged in said casing, parallel to one another andcrosswise to the bottom corruga- IDA GRUNER.

Witnesses:

EUGEN HULsMANN, PAUL ARRAS.

